The American Civil Liberties Union consists of two separate non-profit organizations: the ACLU Foundation, which focuses on litigation and communication efforts and the American Civil Liberties Union, an organization which focuses on legislative lobbying. The ACLU's stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all. AI works to improve human rights through campaigning and international solidarity.
Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. This website provides the latest on a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption. A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
CorpWatch is a non-profit investigative research and journalism to expose corporate malfeasance and to advocate for multinational corporate accountability and transparency. They work to foster global justice, independent media activism and democratic control over corporations.
The Guttmacher Institute has been designated an official Collaborating Center for Reproductive Health by The World Health Organization (WHO) and its regional office, the Pan American Health Organization. Guttmacher is joined byan elite network of over 800 health-focused institutions in more than 80 countries that inform WHO’s work and help set its global health priorities. honored to be designated an official collaborator by
The Innocence Project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is the largest animal rights organization in the world. PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.
The U.S. Census Bureau is a government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as a leading source of data about America's people and economy.
UNO or simply United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
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